Local Option Sales Taxes in Jackson County were up in 2010 by 4.25 percent over 2009, an increase of $213,600.

That amount was about one-percent above the county’s budget and totaled $5.25 million on the year.

In addition, SPLOST taxes were also up in 2010 over 2009 at $8.4 million compared to $8.08 million.

Sales taxes are a key source of revenue for many local governments and they are also watched as a general economic indicator of the local economy. In 2009, both LOST and SPLOST were at their lowest levels in years due to the overall economic downturn. Growth in the taxes indicates more consumer spending took place in 2010 than in 2009.

But the 2010 totals are still far below their peak. In 2007, the county took in $6.32 million in LOST, some 20.5 percent more than last year’s total.

Likewise, SPLOST is down over 20 percent from its peak of $10.1 million in 2007.

Ain't our taxes state and federal tax the highest and growing ? If we had a better President of the great USA we would be better off. Not that he is black but the fact is he just don't have the nack of running a big office as the president of the United States of America he told lies just to get where he is he needs to go back to school himself kids are learning more in grammer school than he knows and his wife to.

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